Norwegian County Road 755
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Norwegian County Road 755 ( no, Fylkesvei 755) is a
county road A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...
in
Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The road runs from the village of Røra in the municipality of
Inderøy Inderøy is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Framverran, Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, ...
to the village of
Vanvikan Vanvikan is a village in the municipality of Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord in the southeastern part of the municipality. The village of Seter lies about northeast of Vanvikan and the lake Sto ...
in
Indre Fosen Indre Fosen is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Fosen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnset. Other villages in Indre Fosen include Askjem, Dalbygda, Ha ...
municipality. It was known as Norwegian National Road 755 () before 2010 when control of the road was transferred from the national government to the county.


Route

The road branches off from European route E6 at Røra in Inderøy. It passes through the villages of Straumen and
Utøy Utøy or Utøya is a village area in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village sits about half way between the village of Vangshylla (to the southwest) and the village of Sakshaug (to the northeast). The village of ...
in Inderøy. At Straumen, it passes over the historic Straumen Bridge, and has an intersection with County Road 761. At the Skarnsund strait that's part of the
Trondheimsfjord The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from the municipality of Ørland i ...
, the road passes over the
Skarnsund Bridge The Skarnsund Bridge ( no, Skarnsundet bru or ) is a long concrete cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Skarnsundet strait, in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. When finished in 1991, it replaced the Vangshylla–Kjerrin ...
. From 1958 to 1991, this was served by the
Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry The Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry is a closed automobile ferry on Norwegian County Road 755 that once connected the village of Kjerringvik in Mosvik municipality on the Fosen peninsula to the village of Vangshylla in the municipality of Inder ...
and then when the bridge was completed in 1991, the ferry route was discontinued. The bridge had a
toll Toll may refer to: Transportation * Toll (fee) a fee charged for the use of a road or waterway ** Road pricing, the modern practice of charging for road use ** Road toll (historic), the historic practice of charging for road use ** Shadow toll, ...
from 1991 until 2007. County Road 755 bypasses the village of Mosvik and intersects with a county road at Meltingen. In Indre Fosen, the road passes through the villages of Leksvik and Vanvikan, before terminating at County Road 715 west of Vanvikan.


References

755 755 Inderøy Indre Fosen {{Trøndelag-geo-stub